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Ancient Indian rhetoric Overview India’s rhetoric could be said to be a link between the West and East. Similar to Greek sophists, some Indian rhetors in the seventh century BCE held public debates on religion to the public’s amusement. The Vedic verses, composed over three thousand years ago, use similes, similar to ancient Greek poetry. The ancient Indian epics, the Ramayana and Mahabharata, include many speeches and debates that are examples of rhetoric....

Shvetashvatara Upanishad !Shvetashvatara Upanishad verse 1.1, Sanskrit, Devanagari script The Shvetashvatara Upanishad (श्वेताश्वतरोपनिषद् or श्वेताश्वतरोपनिषत् or श्वेताश्वतर उपनिषद्, IAST: ’ or ‘) is an ancient Sanskrit text embedded in the Yajurveda. It is listed as number 14 in the Muktika canon of 108 Upanishads. The Upanishad contains 113 mantras or verses in six chapters. The Upanishad is one of the 33 Upanishads from Taittiriyas, and associated with the Shvetashvatara tradition within Karakas sakha of the Yajurveda....

Jagran !Jagrata Jāgran (जागरण) or jāgrata or jaag is a Hindu ritual, mainly prevalent in North India, consisting of all-night vigil, songs and dance in honour of a deity and puja). Often, jagran is performed in honour of various Hindu goddesses (Devi), Shiva as well as various folk deities like Khandoba and Devnarayan. Devotees worship the deity throughout night by singing bhajans, reciting aarti and listening to legends of the deity....

Brihadaranyaka Upanishad name Brihadaranyaka sanskrit_transliteration Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad composition_date pre-Buddhist,, ~9th to 6th century BCE authors Yajnavalkya type Mukhya Upanishads veda Shukla Yajurveda brahmana part of Shatapatha Brahmana aranyaka Brihad Aranyaka chapters Six philosophy Ātman), Brahman commentary Adi Shankara, Madhvacharya verse “Aham Brahmasmi” The Brihadaranyaka Upanishad (बृहदारण्यक उपनिषद्, ) is one of the Principal Upanishads and one of the first Upanishadic scriptures of Hinduism. A key scripture to various schools of Hinduism, the Brihadaranyaka Upanisad is tenth in the Muktikā or “canon of 108 Upanishads”....

Supermind (integral yoga) Supermind, in Sri Aurobindo’s philosophy of integral yoga, is the dynamic manifestation of the Absolute, and the intermediary between Spirit and the manifest world, which enables the transformation of common being into Divine being. Description Supermind is a plane between the “upper hemisphere” of pure being-consciousness and the “lower hemisphere” of life in the universe (mind, life, and matter). This plane enables the Real Ideas of the Supreme to manifest as forms of that force in creation....

Mundaka Upanishad !Mundaka Upanisad verses 3.2.8 to 3.2.10, Atharvaveda, Sanskrit language, Devanagari script The Mundaka Upanishad (मुण्डक-उपनिषद्, ) is an ancient Sanskrit Vedic text, embedded inside Atharva Veda. It is a Mukhya (primary) Upanishad, and is listed as number 5 in the Muktika canon of 108 Upanishads of Hinduism. It is among the most widely translated Upanishads. It is presented as a dialogue between great sacrificer Saunaka and sage Angiras. It is a poetic verse style Upanishad, with 64 verses, written in the form of mantras....

Aghor Yoga Aghor Yoga (also referred to as Aghor) is a spiritual tradition that originated in Northern India around the 11th Century C.E. The word Aghor literally means “that which is not difficult or terrible”; according to its adherents, Aghor is a simple and natural state of consciousness, in which there is no experience of fear, hatred, disgust or discrimination. Accordingly, believers contend that any time that humans experience a state of discrimination, we limit our wholeness and fall prey to disruptive emotions such as anger, fear, jealousy, greed, and lust....

Jai Shri Krishna !Krishna playing bansuri, flute Jai Shri Krishna (or Jai Shree Krishna) is a Sanskrit expression, translating to “Victory to Krishna”, a major deity in Hinduism. The salutation is believed to have hailed from the Vaishnavites. The expression is said to greet another person wishing them success, and has also been used as a greeting accompanied with the anjali mudra or bowed head, specially while greeting one’s elders....

Pakshadhara Mishra name Pakshadhara Mishra native_name पक्षाधर मिश्र birth_name जयदेव birth_place Mithila alma_mater Ancient Mithila University occupation Philosopher Professor school_tradition Nyaya School of Indian Philosophy institutions Ancient Mithila University, Pakshadhara Mithila School main_interests Nyaya Shastra notable_students Vasudeva Sarvabhauma, Raghunatha Siromani family Maithil Brahmin region Mithila region Pakshadhara Mishra or Pakṣadhara Miśra ( Sanskrit: पक्षाधर मिश्रा ) was an Indian Philosopher and a scholar of Nyaya Shastra. He was the head professor of Nyaya Shastra in the Ancient Mithila University during 15th century CE....

Three Yogas Karma Yoga or the Path of Action (Karma-mārga) Bhakti Yoga or the Path of Devotion (Bhakti-mārga) to Ishvar (God) Jnana Yoga or the Path of Knowledge (Jñāna-mārga) The Three Yogas or Trimārga are three soteriological paths mentioned in the Bhagavad Gita for the liberation of human spirit. They are: A “fourth yoga” is sometimes added: 1. Raja Yoga or the Path of Meditation (dhyāna-mārga), making “Four Yogas”, also known as the " Four paths to realization"...

Anandamayi Ma name Sri Anandamayi Ma religion Hinduism birth_date April 30, 1896 birth_place Kheora, Brahmanbaria District, Bengal Presidency, British Raj (present-day Bangladesh) birth_name Nirmala Sundari death_date August 27, 1982 death_place Kishenpur, Dehradun, Uttarakhand, India order Self-realization (Enlightenment)) philosophy Tantra · Bhakti yoga spouse Ramani Mohan Chakrabarti Anandamayi Ma (née Nirmala Sundari; 30 April 1896 – 27 August 1982) was an Indian saint and yoga guru, described by Sivananda Saraswati (of the Divine Life Society) as “la fleur la plus parfaite que le sol de l’Inde ait produite” [the most perfect flower the Indian soil has produced]....

Kamban Kazhagam Kamban Kazhagam (Kamban Academy) is a Tamil organization which was founded to promote Ramayana of Tamil poet Kambar). The organisation was formed by Tamil politician Saw Ganesan at Karaikudi in 1939. Kamban Kazhagam Chennai was fortified by R.M.Veerappan and Justice M M Ismail. Background and history Kambar was a 12th-century Tamil poet who wrote Kamba Ramayanam, the life of Rama of Ayodhya. Kamba Ramayana differed on several aspects from the original version of Ramayana written by Sanskrit poet Valmiki....

Mookambika name Mookambika affiliation Saraswati, Lakshmi, Parvati type Hindu festivals Navaratri Mookambika (मूकाम्बिका, Kannada: ಶ್ರೀ ಮೂಕಾಂಬಿಕಾ) is a Hindu goddess, an aspect of Adi Parashakti, the supreme goddess of Hinduism. She is regarded to be the form of shakti, the divine feminine energy, that represents creativity and ingenuity. Since she is a form of Adi Parashakti, her adherents regard her to be a form of Saraswati, Lakshmi, as well as Parvati....

Six Goswamis of Vrindavan The Six Goswamis of Vrindavan were a group of devotional teachers (gurus) from the Gaudiya Vaishnava tradition of Hinduism who lived in India during the 15th and 16th centuries. They are closely associated with the land of Vrindavan where they spent much time in service of the Bengali saint Chaitanya Mahaprabhu, who is considered as Krishna’s yuga-avatar by the Gaudiya Vaishnava lineage, who highly regard them for their extreme renunciation of physical comforts and pleasures in the practice of Bhakti Yoga, and for their philosophical presentations of the teachings of their guru, Chaitanya Mahaprabhu....

Mandala 3 The third Mandala of the Rigveda has 62 hymns, mainly to Agni and Indra. It is one of the “family books” (mandalas 2-7), the oldest core of the Rigveda, which were composed in early Vedic period (1500 - 1000 BCE). Most hymns in this book are attributed to Vishvamitra The verse 3.62.10 gained great importance in Hinduism as the Gayatri Mantra. List of incipits The dedication as given by Griffith is in square brackets...